Sunday, June 21st – 2 pm
A Celebration for
Poet Neeli Cherkovski’s
The Crow & I
with honored guest Diane di Prima
Neeli Cherkovski’s newest volume of poetry, The Crow and I (R.L. Crow Publications, 2015) — following two works from the same publisher: Leaning Against Time (2004, PEN Award winner) and From the Canyon Outward…
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Sunday, June 21st – 4:30 to 6:30 pm
EaR Candy Quartet!
Reedman Ralph Carney is pret’ near legendary, and plays around here and near and far with a multitude of projects. This one — EaR Candy Quartet — is constituted to…
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Saturday, June 20th – 8-11 pm
The Panhandlers
Funky New Orleans Jazz & Blues
jazz club! when lights are low… Every Saturday night at Bird & Beckett Aaron Leese, piano & vocals, and Chris Lauf, drums, enlist trumpeter Dave Shaff, guitarist Scott Foster and…
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Friday, June 19th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Scott Foster Group
plays jazz in the bookshop
Guitarist Scott Foster holds down the 3rd Fridays assignment in Bird & Beckett’s “jazz in the bookshop” series. Now well into its 13th year, this is truly a neighborhood jazz…
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Thursday, June 18th – 7-10 pm
The Michael Parsons/Ulf Bjorkbom Quartet
Here on a brief visit from Paris and Oslo, pianist Michael Parsons and drummer Ulf Bjorkbom, with sax player Danny Brown and bassist Noah Schenker — all familiar faces on…
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Bloomsday! June 16th
a benefit reading for
Bird & Beckett’s cash flow needs!
10 minutes of Ulysses read aloud every hour on the hour from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed… –Come up, Kinch. Â Come up, you fearful Jesuit……
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Monday, June 15th – 7 pm
POETS!
Robert Anbian and Gerald Nicosia
open mic follows
Richard Anbian has been described as “a passionate virtuoso steeped in these times and deep with tradition,†according to Richard Hack, “[whose] poetry crackles with currency – hiply linguistic turns…
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Sunday, June 14th – 3-5 pm
Blues/Roots Saxophonist Nancy Wright
Note the 3pm to 5pm time for this gig! The Warriors are taking the NBA by storm, and we recognize that many of you want to be glued to this…
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Saturday, June 13th – 8-11pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Grant Levin Quartet
Pianist Grant Levin enlists master reed player Noel Jewkes, bassist Kash Killion and drummer Mark Lee for three sets of small combo work. Each of these players is a seasoned pro with a…
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